Board Votes in Favor of Committee
By Keith Gustafson
Special Correspondent
The AS Board voted to form a com¬
mittee to investigate the Bookstore
“buy back policies.”
AS President Chris Cofer introduced
the motion to form the committee after
receiving complaints from students
about bookstore policies.
Jim Mares, vice president of
academic affairs, has been appointed
to chair the committee.
“We hope to solve all the problems
concerning the bookstore,” said Mares.
“We have received complaints about
the buy back policies of the bookstore. I
feel that if the students sell their books
to the bookstore at fiftyfive percent of
original cost it is unfair on bookstore’s
part to sell these same books to the
students at seventvfive percent of the
original cost.”
Earlier last week Mares spoke to
Albert DePonte, the bookstore man¬
ager, to find out details concerning
bookstore buy back and pricing poli¬
cies. Mares and the committee are now
calling other junior colleges in the
area, to compare PCC’s bookstore poli¬
cies.
At the end of the semester the lines
of the bookstore are extremely long due
to the students last attempt to receive
some money for these books that they
will probably never use. “Maybe if they
have more locations on campus to
redeem the books they would avoid this
confusion,” said Mares.
Joe Bruno, AS treasurer, is trying to
get the finanicial information on the
bookstore. The AS government and the
Student Service Fund receive the prof¬
its of the bookstore. Bruno and Mares
want to see if the policies of the
bookstore can be changed without af¬
fecting the operation of the bookstore.
“Maybe if we cut back a little we can
save the students some money,” Cofer
said.
Mares is also putting together a
survey to present to the board for
approval. He hopes to administer this
survey to the students within a few
weeks. “My objective is to get overall
student opinion on these issues.”
At the last AS Board meeting Scott
Svonkin, vice president of student serv¬
ices, and Carmen Morgan, com¬
missioner of the social science depart¬
ment, volunteered their services to the
committee.
Svonkin is trying to help the commit¬
tee put together the survey, he has had
previous experience in the past admin¬
istering student surveys. “The purpose
of the bookstore is to serve the stu¬
dents, if there were no students there
would be no college,” Svonkin said.
Morgan is interested in this commit¬
tee due to the excessive amounts of
complaints she has been receiving
about the bookstore policies.” I want to
make sure that the students are not
being cheated. If they pay for a new
book they should receive quality
merchandise worth the price.”
‘Maybe if we cut back a little we can save the
students some money.’
—Chris Cofer
PCC
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NEW COMMITTEE — Carmen Morgan, Jim Mares, and Scott
Svonkin will be looking into bookstore "buy back policies."
— Courier photo by Lorene Rosen
'Research Party' Locates Over 1 ,000 Names, Addresses
RESEARCH TEAM Members of "Going Bananas" (standing, left to right) Paul Weller, Steve White and
Ida Perez helped liven things up last Saturday as Anne Pursel, Sue Miele and Shirley Bert locate more
Dames. — Courier photo by Loren Rosen
By Joe Holman
News Editor
Several volunteers gathered in the
PCC library last Saturday to help lo¬
cate the names of people who have
attended the school over the past 60
years. According to Dr. Henry P. Kirk,
vice president of educational services
and assistant to the president, over
1,000 names and addresses were called
in, brought in, and/or located by mem¬
bers of the reasearch team.
The event was sponsored by the PCC
Patrons’ Association, the Alumni As¬
sociation and the 60th Anniversary
Committee and the names were for the
“All Years Reunion,” which will take
place June 1.
The 20 volunteers started going
through countless yearbooks, telephone
directories and address books to find
the names. In addition, lists including
students honored in the past bv depart¬
ments were used. The “Research
Party” began at 9 a.m. and lasted until
2 p.m. The PCC Marching Band per¬
formed in the parking lot to get the
attention of spectators at the St. Pa¬
trick’s Day parade who had graduated
from the school in order to inform them
of the “All Years Reunion.”
“The day was quick a success,” said
Elaine Broerman. “We stayed two or
three hours longer than we had planned
because everyone started talking about
the past. Everyone really had a great
time.”
The group put the names on cards
and will send them out as invitations to
the “All years reunion."
The Reunion will feature a huge
campus picnic. People are encouraged
to bring their own food if they desire,
but food will also be available at the
event. In addition to the food, plans
have been discussed to fly the PCC
airplane over the school on June 1.
“I don't know how low he can fly
over the campus, so I am not sure if
he'll be able to “buzz" the campus or
not,” said Broerman. “Many people
have been working hard to make this a
success. I would like to see the campus
inundated with people on June 1."
Broerman added that the Pasadena
Foundation is more than halfway to
their goal of $60,000.
Pledge Drive Provides Funds
Short Term Classes Offered
Registration Begins March 25
By Sister Mary Scully
Staff Writer
Registration for a variety of short¬
term classes begins March 25 for conti¬
nuing students and April 1 for new
applicants. The nine week sessions,
starting April 15, offer full credit day
and evening courses and they permit
students to complete a semester in half
the time. Vocational as well as
academic subjects are available, in¬
cluding communications, theater arts,
business, English, French, Spanish,
nursing, mathematics, political sci¬
ence, humanities, psychology and
laser.
These short-term classes are valu¬
able to students, according to David A.
Ledbetter, superintendent for instruc¬
tional services. “These additional
classes allow students the opportunity
to accelerate their program, fulfill a
needed requirement or schedule a class
to maintain full-time eligibility,” said
Ledbetter.
In considering the importance of
these courses, Dr. Gary Parker, direc¬
tor of admissions and records, said: “if
students drop a course, they can pick it
up in the Second half of the semester
without losing their standing. If stu¬
dents need to make up a course before
graduation, these classes supply the
credit.”
Currently enrolled students may reg¬
ister for these classes at no additional
cost. The new applicants pay $5 per unit
or a maximum of $50 for six or more
units.
Courses available in speech are
Speech 1, MW, 7-10 p.m., U314, Speech
6, MW, 7-10 p.m., U313, Speech 10,
T— Th, 4-7 p.m., C131 and Telecom¬
munications 1, MW, 4-7 p.m., Bl.
Communications courses offered in¬
clude Communications 1, MWF. 2-4
p.m., A99, Communications 20, Cl 18
whose class hours are to be arranged
and Theater Arts 5B, M, 7-10 p.m., V201
and W, 7-10 p.m., V208.
The business department offers Busi¬
ness 116A, MW, 12-3 p.m., Rill and
Business 16, T-Th, 1-4 p.m.. Rill.
English 115, W, 12-1 p.m., C327,
English 434, 1-2:30 p.m., MW, D305 and
English 422, MTWTh, 1-3:30 p.m., R216
are all available through the English
Department.
For foreign language students,
French 1, a four unit transferable
course, MW, 1:30-5 p.m., and F,
1:30-4:30 p.m., R222 is offered as well
as Spanish 1, MTWTh, 4:30-7 p.m.,
R219.
Mrs. Kristine de Queiroz, chair¬
person of the nursing department,
stated, “Nursing 5 is open to all stu¬
dents.” This course is being taught in
the forum, M, 2:30-4-30 p.m.
In the department of mathematics.
Mathematics 111, 8-9 a.m. daily, D300
and Mathematics 126A, T-Th. D317. 7-9
a.m. are available.
Laser 100, T-Th, 1-5 p.m., E320 as
well as a Saturday course in laser
technology, Laser 110A Holography are
being taught.
The above summary provides a wide
choice of courses for students wishing
to consolidate their programs or partic¬
ipate in a class providing enrichment.
Registration deadlines are April 5. For
further information concerning a spe¬
cific course or enrollment, call PCC
admissions office (818) 578-7397.
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PCC Gets New Computer System
Prospective Medical
Students
INTRODUCING PROSPECTIVE STUDENTS to PCC s Medical dnd Dental
Technician Programs: Left — a dental technician student instructs a viewer in the
art of denture preparation. Above, an anxious student has her pulse taken by a
medical technician. The demonstration took place on the Quad last Thursday.
— Courier photo by Mike Luna
According to Cooper, once the in¬
dexes of the record library are entered
into the system, the entire office will
become automated. A special program
has been worked out to compile and
print the daily logs the station uses
during its normal operation. Additional
plans for the library terminal will
provide staff announcers with updated
material about the music and the ar¬
tists. “The system will make finding
the artist, song and album much eas¬
ier,” said Cooper.
In the event of a musicians death,
background information will be stored.
Plans by management for the future
will include the installation of a termi¬
nal within the news department and a
network system throughout the cam¬
pus. This according to Shirk will de¬
pend on the success of the next fund
raisers. He strongly feels the equip¬
ment will enhance the already award
winning news department and give
students the opportunity to work with
some of the most advanced methods of
news preparation and editing available.
The Shakespeare League of Pasa¬
dena will present its 39th annual benefit
production of “Damn Yankees.” The
shows will take place Friday and Satur¬
day, March 22 and 23, at 8 p.m. in
Sexson Auditorium on campus. The
tickets are $8 for adults and $4 for
children under 12. Proceeds to benefit
the Association for Retarded Citizens
San Gabriel Valley.
Tickets may be reserved by sending
a letter to: Jeanne Mills, 151 W. Sierra
Madre Blvd., Arcadia, CA 91006.
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Stud Terkel’s musical “Working”
opens at 8 p.m. in the Little Theatre,
C130. The play is produced by the
Theatre Arts Department. For more
information call 578-7485.
□
The After School Music Con¬
servatory offers low cost, small group
instruction in all band and orchestral
instruments. Call 578-7102.
Congressman Carlos J. Moorhead
will speak today in R122 at noon.
Moorhead is the guest speaker for USA
(Uncle Sams Allies). A question and
answer session is planned.
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Carlos Moorhead
By Mark Morel
Staff Writer
KPCC installed a new computer sys¬
tem to help with organization and
increase efficiency of its operation.
The Tandy 1200 and 1000 were
purchased through funds from the
latest pledge drive. The terminals are
in use in both offices of Station Man¬
ager, Larry Shirk and office secretary
Beth Cooper who operates out of the
stations record library.
Shirk has prepared several programs
which enable him to maintain a calen¬
dar of events, store financial records
and accounts, and prepare material for
the stations print publication “Airplay
Magazine.” “Ive found myself working
out a program at 7 a.m. and before I
realize it, its 4 p.m. I dont know how we
functioned without it,” said Shirk.
KPCC will use the system for future
fund drives by gathering information
about donors, subscribers and potential
underwriters and using that informa¬
tion in its decision-making.
Library to Update Security
By Robert Carpenter
Staff Writer
The library will be installing a new
security system over spring break. Due
to staff cutbacks in 1983, inventory has
not been taken for two years and an
exact report on book theft is un¬
available, although it appears to be an
insignificant problem, according to
Robert Miller, assistant dean for in¬
struction and learning resources.
The existing system is out-dated, and
due to the company’s demise, it cannot
be repaired. At the last Board of
Trustees meeting. Miller told the board
that the existing sentronics system was
purchased in 1968.
“The system hasn’t really been ade¬
quately functional for at least three or
four years now. There are no longer
parts available for it. The system is
triggering on almost anything: keys,
umbrellas, vou name it. It’s a big
problem now.”
The new system will prevent this
problem. The gate will lock when a
book goes through that has not been
checked by the attendants. In case of
an emergency, the gate will open with
38-40 lbs. of pressure. PCC will receive
a 30 percent discount on the hardware
involved leaving the total cost at $7,946
for the 3M system.
A metal piece, or “target” must be
placed in each book. This will be
completed by over 300 students during
spring break under the supervision of
Joanne Kim, director of library serv¬
ices.
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